this morning I saw watched three contestants on who wants to be a millionaire? miss big dollar questions like these: "due to their graying hair, what animals mature males are called 'silverbacks'?" (2% of the audience actually said it was a moose) ... "what famous personage died three days after being punched in the stomach be a zealous fan?" (multiple choice, even) and, "in the movie 'pretty woman' what opera with a similar plot is often referenced?" this last one was also multiple choice with such options as 'don giavonni' and 'tosca'.

it all made me feel kind of sad and disappointed in the human race, just like now.

Since I don't want a white-noise postwhoring thread in General Discussion, I'm going to hijack the thread with some of my wandering cross-forum thoughts, and instead talk about why Ichi the Killer is a totally terrible movie.

The schlocky pacing and purposefully genre-typed cinematography provide an illusion of artsiness which fools the unwary. In reality, the movie is aimless and thematically exploitational (e.g., gorefanz). Why, if the sadistic torture, domestic abuse, voyeurism and violent rape aren't enough to wet your willie, and you just aren't entertained enough by how the movie is trying not to make any sense and fill time with pseudo-artsy shots of urban Japan, just wait ten minutes at any given point in the film and the movie will delight you with some really atrociously corny CGI! Or perhaps a character doing something with absolutely no context whatsoever!

WOW! How can you lose, with Ichi the Killer! Anyone who disagrees with me will emphatically be responded to with other movies that I'd rather watch twice than sit through Ichi again.